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We now have updated information on several bridge closures that will go into effect at 6 a.m. Tuesday, January 19.
Traffic will be able to flow out of the city into Virginia as normal, however, no one from Virginia will be able to drive into Washington, D.C. from any bridge, the Secret Service tells us.
A 13-year-old boy was killed after he was twice struck Sunday night by two oncoming cars.
The boy, who lived in Haymarket, was crossing Route 15 at Dominion Valley Drive near Battlefield High School when he was struck. The child was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
You won’t be able to drive into Washington D.C. from Virginia starting tomorrow at 6 a.m., ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden.
State police said it closing all of the bridges leading from the major thoroughfares into the city, including the 14th Bridge (Arland Williams, Jr. Memorial Bridge), the Memorial Bridge, and the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge.
A woman from Bristow has died after a crash on Prince William Parkway.
Police were called to the intersection of Balls Ford Road and the parkway, near Gainesville, at 7:47 a.m. after a vehicle hit struck a utility pole.
We recently received a reader question about the differing heights of a new bridge being built, and two existing bridges that carry traffic on Interstate 95 over the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg.
We contacted the Virginia Department of Transportation for an answer.
?The Prince William Board of County Supervisors recently authorized to award a $41-million contract to Wagman Heavy Civil, Inc. to improve the Brentsville Road-Va. Route 234 intersection, by constructing an interchange in the Coles Magisterial District.
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Work to build a new bridge across the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg continues.
This week, the Virginia Department of Transportation shared a new photo of beams being hoisted into place. The beams, about 100 feet above the river, will hold the bridge deck in place.